Development and Evaluation of a Blended Self-Management Program for Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases.

Rheumatic diseases are known to be associated with the development of metabolic syndrome, which increases mortality rates due to cardiovascular complications. Although a variety of self-management programs for rheumatic diseases have been developed, few have concentrated on metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to develop and verify a blended (a mixture of telephone and online interventions) metabolic syndrome self-management program.

Temporal Changes in Metabolic Syndrome Indices and Factors of Metabolic Syndrome Development in Patients With Rheumatic Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Patients with rheumatic disease have a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome. The purpose of this study was to investigate temporal changes in metabolic syndrome indices and to identify factors influencing metabolic syndrome development. A prospective cohort study design was adopted.

Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Acquired Brain Injury: An Integrative Literature Review.

Background: Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity may occur in patients with acute brain injury and is associated with physical disability, poor clinical outcomes, prolonged hospitalization, and higher health care costs.

Objective: To comprehensively review current literature and provide information about paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity for nurses.

Methods: An integrative literature review was conducted according to Whittemore and Knafl's method.

A Prospective Study of Pressure Injury Healing Rate and Time and Influencing Factors in an Acute Care Setting.

Objective: To determine pressure injury (PI) healing rate and time and identify influencing factors.

Methods: A prospective cohort research design was used. Data collection was performed between May 2015 and August 2018.

Factors That Influence Sleep Disturbance and the Mediating Effects of Depression on Sleep Disturbance in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Little is known about the nature of relationships between sleep disturbance and influencing factors in rheumatoid arthritis. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence sleep disturbance and to evaluate mediating effects of depression on sleep disturbance. A nonexperimental, descriptive, correlational study design was adopted.

Development and Validity Testing of a Morning Stiffness Assessment Scale for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Morning stiffness is known to exert a significant impact on functional ability, quality of life, and employment status. There is an increasing need for a valid, reliable tool to comprehensively assess morning stiffness. The purpose of this study was to develop and verify a Morning Stiffness Assessment Scale.

An Integrative Review of Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome.

Background: Although cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS) is widely recognized, its clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and management have not been clearly defined. This study was undertaken to comprehensively review current literature and provide a more complete picture of CSWS. This review also aimed to provide information for nurses on how to differentiate cerebral salt wasting syndrome from syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion.

Comparisons of the Incidence and Critical Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With a Rheumatic Disease or Gout.

Background: Rheumatic disease and gout are particularly known to be associated with metabolic syndrome.

Purpose: To compare incidence, physiological indices, and risk factors of metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatic diseases or gout.

Methods: Data were collected from medical records of 220 patients with rheumatic disease or gout.

Construct validity and reliability of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) score in spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by aneurysm rupture.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed at examining the construct validity and reliability of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by aneurysm rupture.

Background: The Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score is known to be a valid and reliable consciousness assessment tool and provides comprehensive information not given by the Glasgow Coma Scale. However, the validity and reliability of this tool have not been tested in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Factors associated with dexamethasone-induced hiccups in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: A case control study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify demographic, health- and cancer-related, and physiological factors associated with dexamethasone-induced intractable hiccups in cancer patients.

Method: This study adopted a retrospective case control design. The study subjects were 168 cancer patients admitted to a university hospital for chemotherapy between October 2011 and December 2016: 58 patients who experienced intractable hiccups while on dexamethasone (cases) and 110 matched patients who received dexamethasone but did not experience hiccups (controls).

Identification of symptom clusters and their synergistic effects on quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Aims: To examine the presence of symptom clusters and synergistic effects of symptom clusters on quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis patients frequently experience multiple concurrent symptoms of pain, fatigue, and depression.

Design: A nonexperimental, cross-sectional correlation design.

Correlates of cognitive impairment in patients with chronic kidney failure on haemodialysis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: To review and identify correlates of cognitive impairment in patients with chronic kidney failure (CKF) on haemodialysis.

Background: The literature is consistent with regard to the high prevalence of cognitive impairment among patients with CKF on haemodialysis and its dependence on multidimensional risk factors.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis based on Cochrane Handbook and PRISMA.

Comparisons of the stages and psychosocial factors of smoking cessation and coping strategies for smoking cessation in college student smokers: Conventional cigarette smokers compared to dual smokers of conventional and e-cigarettes.

Aim: This study was conducted to compare conventional cigarette and dual smokers (users of both conventional and e-cigarettes) with respect to the stages of smoking cessation behavior change and psychosocial factors and coping strategies for smoking cessation among college students.

Methods: Using convenience and snowball sampling methods, 300 college student smokers were recruited. The data were collected from July to December, 2016.

Causal Relationships Between Modifiable Risk Factors of Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Function, Self-Management, and Quality of Life in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases.

Background: Rheumatic diseases are one of the most common types of chronic conditions that affect cognitive functions.

Purpose: To develop and verify a hypothetical model of causal relationships between modifiable risk factors for cognitive impairment, cognitive function, self-management, and quality of life in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Methods: A hypothetical model was developed on the basis of empirical evidence.

Development and Validity Testing of an Arthritis Self-Management Assessment Tool.

Background: Because of the chronic, progressive nature of arthritis and the substantial effects it has on quality of life, patients may benefit from self-management. However, no valid, reliable self-management assessment tool has been devised for patients with arthritis.

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop a comprehensive self-management assessment tool for patients with arthritis, that is, the Arthritis Self-Management Assessment Tool (ASMAT).

A 2-year prospective follow-up study of temporal changes associated with post-stroke cognitive impairment.

Aims: To explore temporal patterns of change in cognitive impairments during the 2 years following stroke and to identify factors that affect these temporal changes.

Background: Despite the prognostic importance, temporal changes in post-stroke cognitive impairment have not been systematically investigated.

Design: A non-experimental, prospective, longitudinal descriptive study design.

Temporal Patterns and Influential Factors of Blood Glucose Levels During the First 10-Day Critical Period After Brain Injury.

This study was conducted to document temporal patterns of blood glucose level changes during the first 10-day critical period and to identify factors that influence stress-induced hyperglycemia development in brain injury patients. The medical records of 190 brain injury patients were retrospectively reviewed. Blood glucose levels in the poor recovery group were significantly higher than in the good recovery group, particularly during the first 72 hr (158-172 mg/dl).

A tailored relocation stress intervention programme for family caregivers of patients transferred from a surgical intensive care unit to a general ward.

Aims And Objectives: To develop and examine a relocation stress intervention programme tailored for the family caregivers of patients scheduled for transfer from a surgical intensive care unit to a general ward.

Background: Family relocation stress syndrome has been reported to be similar to that exhibited by patients, and investigators have emphasised that nurses should make special efforts to relieve family relocation stress to maximise positive contributions to the well-being of patients by family caregivers.

Design: A nonequivalent control group, nonsynchronised pretest-post-test design was adopted.

Temporal changes in physiological parameters of systemic inflammatory response syndrome during the three days prior to a diagnosis of sepsis: a case-control study.

Aims And Objectives: This study was conducted to determine temporal patterns of early changes in physiological parameters of systemic inflammatory response syndrome over three days prior to a diagnosis of sepsis.

Background: Early detection and timely management of systemic inflammatory response syndrome are often not implemented due to a failure to recognise or diagnose systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

Design: A retrospective case-control study design was adopted.

Temporal patterns of change in vital signs and Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage scores over the 48 hours preceding fatal in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Aim: To determine temporal patterns of vital sign and Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage score changes over the 48-hour period preceding cardiac arrest in an ICU setting.

Background: Vital sign instability usually occurs prior to cardiac arrest. However, few studies have been conducted on the temporal patterns of individual vital signs preceding cardiac arrest.

A Comprehensive Review of Central Post-Stroke Pain.

Although central post-stroke pain is widely recognized as a severe chronic neuropathic pain condition, its consolidated definition, clinical characteristics, and diagnostic criteria have not been defined due to its clinically diverse features. The present study was undertaken to comprehensively review current literature and provide a more complete picture of central post-stroke pain with respect to its definition, prevalence, pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, and diagnostic problems, and to describe the range of therapies currently available. In particular, nursing care perspectives are addressed.

Clinical validity of a relocation stress scale for the families of patients transferred from intensive care units.

Aims And Objectives: This study was conducted to develop a family relocation stress scale by modifying the Son's Relocation Stress Syndrome Scale, to examine its clinical validity and reliability and to confirm its suitability for measuring family relocation stress.

Background: The transfer of ICU patients to general wards is a significant anxiety-producing event for family members. However, no relocation stress scale has been developed specifically for families.

Integrative smoking cessation stage model for chinese students studying in Korea.

Purpose: The present study aimed at developing an integrative stage model of smoking cessation behavior by combining highly predictable constructs extracted from previously verified health behavior models. The fitness of the hypothetical model was also tested.

Methods: The study participants were 214 Chinese students studying in Korea, presenting high smoking rates.

Patterns and clinical correlates of pain among brain injury patients in critical care assessed with the critical care pain observation tool.

This study was conducted to assess the patterns and clinical correlates of acute pain in brain injury patients during the critical care period using the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT). Data were collected from 31 brain-injury patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) at a university hospital located in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Glasgow Coma Scale and CPOT scores were assessed on days 1, 3, 6, 9, and 14 after ICU admission.

The identification of multiple symptom clusters and their effects on functional performance in cancer patients.

Aims And Objectives: To identify cancer-related symptom clusters, to explore their inter-relationships and to examine the effects of single symptoms and the synergistic effects of symptom clusters on functional performance using path analysis by structural equation modelling in patients with various types of cancer.

Background: Recent studies suggest that cancer patients frequently experience three or more concurrent related symptoms and that this clustering of symptoms is likely to have negative synergistic impacts on outcomes, because of the complicated dynamics of clusters.

Design: A cross-sectional design.